Golden hour at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
My October visit to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas did not disappoint. The prairie was ablaze in the colors of fall and some of the early dawn skies were spectacular displays of clouds and sky that appeared to be on fire; reminiscent of the flames of the nighttime prescribed [...]
Bald Eagle Number 88 – tagged for airport eviction research
iPhone photo field report: Over a three year period, I have talked about a leucistic, white-tipped bald eagle, that I have watched and it is always interesting to see where this eagle shows up. A few days ago, I spotted another special bald eagle while on the Chilkat River in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle [...]
My office when photographing bald eagles on the Chilkat River
iPhone photo field report: Here’s a closeup peek of my “office” when photographing bald eagles on the Chilkat River in the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve in southeast Alaska. Most of my bald eagle photography is with my Nikon 600mm f/4 lens on a Nikon D3 body which are mounted on a heavy duty tripod [...]
Video sampler from the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve
Since I didn’t go out on the river today due to the blizzard, I played around editing some of the video that I have been shooting on my Nikon D7000. It’s by no means finished — it’s basically raw footage. Eventually, I hope to take all the video that I shot and make it into [...]
Even more snow!
iPhone photo field report: I’ll probably stay in today. I went out to the car this morning and the 18 inches of additional NEW snow was up to my mid thigh (it’s drifting a lot with the high winds). I shoveled for a couple of hours and you would hardly know that I did. I’m [...]
Chilkat River snowscape
iPhone photo field report: I simply love the snow that has been falling in the Alaska. Last year, there wasn’t any snow during my time on the Chilkat River photographing the bald eagles. I had hoped for snow, but didn’t get any. This year, I got my wish in a big way (see previous iPhone [...]
Don’t complain the next time it snows
iPhone photo field report: When I worked at the News-Leader in Springfield Mo. the paper ran a huge front page story about an 18 or 21″ snowfall (can’t remember exactly). The headline in huge type simply said “Buried”. Well, this view (photo above) out the kitchen window of where I am staying really brings new [...]
The presence of grizzly bears is always a good omen
iPhone photo field report: Like baseball players, I’m a bit superstitious. In my case, when I see grizzly bear tracks, I know that the photography for the rest of the day will be great. Today I saw lots of fresh grizzly bear tracks in the new snow (iPhone photo above). It was a great day [...]
Endless view of mountains makes you wonder
iPhone photo field report: When you see several hours worth of endless coastal mountains when flying from Seattle to Juneau, you have to wonder how many of these mountains have felt the footsteps of a human being. When I first published this image on the Dengler Images Facebook page, some folks commented that they wish [...]
A bald eagle friend returns
I’m excited to hear that the bald eagles are in the process of returning to the Chilkat River in Alaska. The Haines High School Citizen Science Class (sponsored by the Takshanuk Watershed Council) conducts a count of bald eagles in the fall. On October 24, students counted 1,264 bald eagles on the Chilkat River. I’m [...]
Glacier Bay National Park – Witnessing change
Change — Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeast Alaska has been described as a park undergoing change; rapid and profound change at that. While taking a break during a recent kayaking trip in a remote section of the park, I looked out on the fjord landscape and tried to imagine the spot where [...]
New images of Haines and Juneau, Alaska – Summer 2011
While traveling to and from Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in Alaska this summer, I spent just a few days in Haines and Juneau. The four and a half hour ferry trip up the Lynn Canal to Haines on the Alaska Marine Highway System M/V Matanuska was spectacular due to the unusually warm and [...]
Wildlife photography worth listening to
Wildlife and nature lovers will love the behind the scenes audio reports from Emmy award winning wildlife cinematographer John Aitchison now playing on the BBC Radio 4 website. I met John last November on the banks of the Chilkat River in Alaska where we both were photographing one of the largest gatherings of bald eagles [...]
Seeing the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie in a different light
I knew I wasn’t in Missouri anymore when I looked down at the feet of the two other men I was in line with me at the Pizza Hut in Council Grove, Kansas. Sure, all three of us had boots on. I had on what I thought until that moment were pretty manly backpacking boots. [...]
Bridge to nowhere – Clements Stone Arch Bridge
During my fire chasing of springtime burning of the tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of Kansas, I came across a true bridge to nowhere. Near the ghost-town-like town of Clements lies the Clements Stone Arch Bridge, the largest and among the oldest limestone bridges in the state. It is a truly impressive structure with [...]
Fire – the life blood of the Flint Hills tallgrass prairie
What have I gotten myself into? I’m laying down flat on my back in my tent, not because I’m sleeping but because the tent is literally being flattened nearly to my face by the fierce wind as it blasts incessantly across the tallgrass prairie in the Flint Hills of Kansas. I’ve been in high wind [...]
Rain, rain, go away – an iPhone report
I had collected quite a bit of mud and muck on my car during my recent trip to the Flint Hills prairie in Kansas. Chasing prairie fires on the dirt and gravel back roads left my car seriously encased in the stuff. With all the rain we have received here in Springfield, my car is [...]
Remembering the past, looking towards the future
The visit by environmental photojournalist James Balog to the McDougall Center for Photojournalism Studies last fall is just one example of how photojournalism students at the Missouri School of Journalism will be able to interact and view the work of some of the best photojournalists in the world. The Center’s purpose “is to preserve for [...]
Bald Eagle love?
Before I start this posting, I need to go on record as saying I really dislike the reading of human behavior into critter photos. It makes my teeth itch to anthropomorphize wildlife photography. I’m not sure what’s come over me today, though. I guess it must be Valentine’s Day, I can’t help myself. A bald [...]
Getting down with bald eagles
I would like to share with you several tips I have found useful when photographing bald eagles at the Alaska Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines. First, get as low to the ground as possible. In other words, put your camera on the same level as your subject (in this case a pair of fighting bald [...]
Don’t shoot the bald eagles!
It was easy to get caught up in photographing nothing but bald eagles during my recent trip to the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, Alaska. To get a sense of place, I would occasionally break away from the eagles and shoot landscapes . Subjects included the nearby Four Winds Mountain, and Takhinsha Mountains, Mount [...]
Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve offers close-up look at a magnificent bird
My recent trip to the Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve near Haines, started out slow, taking a total of three days of travel by air and ferry. After overnight stops in Seattle and Juneau and a 4.5 hour trip on an Alaska Marine Highway Ferry ship, the M/V Malaspina, I finally reached Haines. It was [...]
Denali National Park rainbows lead to pot of gold photographs
An evening rainbow basks upon an unnamed mountain of the Alaska Range located in the upper Teklanika River valley in Denali National Park and Preserve. The view is from the Igloo Creek Campground. To license image, click image. To see our collection of fine art prints, click here. It always seems like it is raining [...]
Nugget Falls – impressive falls through an impressive lens
Editor’s note: Since it will be a while before I finish editing photos from my recent bald eagle trip to the Chilkat River, I thought I would do a few more postings from my earlier trip to Alaska. I would venture a guess that thousands of tourists visit the Mendenhall Glacier located just outside Juneau, [...]
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